dragoman:
(plural: ‘dragomen or dragomans‘; pronunciation: this word has two pronunciation variations, for different pronunciation variations, please click here)
a person who acts as a guide and translator/interpreter to foreign visitors/tourists in the Near East and Middle East (Asia) where the mother tongue is Arabic, Persian or Turkish,
a dragonman (in white) with foreign visitors on camels
It is always advisable for a foreign visitor to the Middle East to find a dragoman to show them around, and most importantly, to tell them about the customs and cultures of the people of those places the visitor stays in.
Some dragomen who accompany foreign tourists charge them heavily, and then some even try to cheat them by encouraging them to buy cheap articles in the name of original antiques.
The present day dragomans working for the tour and translation agencies are mostly qualified and well-trained young men and women who make a tourists stay in certain parts of Asia enjoyable and memorable.
a modern day dragoman (foreground) taking tourists on a tour
this word is used for some translation offices and travel agencies, and for one of such tour travels, please click here
and for a chapter in a book in which we are shown how we come across this word in our readings, please click here.
For an educative article that explains how this word is used in the computer world, please click here.
